Applying for an Article V Amendments Convention to Propose a
Constitutional Amendment permitting a calling of a convention
of the states limited to proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States requiring that an increase
in the federal debt requires approval from a majority of the
legislatures of the separate states.

Whereas, Article V of the Constitution of the United States
provides authority for a Convention to be called by the Congress of
the United States for the purpose of proposing amendments to the
Constitution upon application of two thirds of the Legislatures of
the several states (“amendments convention”); and

Whereas, That, as provided in Article V of the Constitution of
the United States, the Legislature of the State of West Virginia
herewith respectfully applies for an amendments convention to be
called for the purpose of proposing an amendment that provides that
an increase in the federal debt requires approval from a majority
of the legislatures of the separate states; and

Whereas, That the amendments convention contemplated by this
application shall be entirely focused upon and exclusively limited
to the subject matter of proposing for ratification an amendment to
the Constitution providing that an increase in the federal debt
requires approval from a majority of the legislature of the
separate states; and

Whereas, This application constitutes a continuing application
in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United
States until the Legislatures of at least two thirds of the several
states have made applications on the same subject and supersedes
all previous applications by this Legislature on the same subject;
therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That as provided in Article V of the Constitution of the
United States the Legislature of the State of West Virginia
herewith respectfully applies for an Amendments Convention to
Propose a Constitutional Amendment limited to permitting a calling
of a convention of the states limited to proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States requiring that an increase in
the federal debt requires approval from a majority of the
legislatures of the separate states; and, be it

Further Resolved, This application constitutes a continuing
application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the
United States until at least two thirds of the Legislatures of the
several states have made application for an equivalently limited
amendments convention; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
forward certified copies of this resolution to the President of the
United States Senate, to the Speaker of the United States House of
Representatives, the members of the West Virginia Congressional
Delegation, and to the presiding officers of each house of the
several state Legislatures, requesting their cooperation in
applying for the amendments convention limited to the subject
matter contemplated by this application.